CVE-2005-2091 Other in n/a
Remote attackers can poison web caches, bypass firewalls, and execute XSS via HTTP request smuggling in IBM WebSphere.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-2091?
CVE-2005-2091 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Application Server, published on 30 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM WebSphere 5.1 and WebSphere 5.0 allows remote attackers to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks via an HTTP request with both a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header and a Content-Length header, which causes WebSphere to incorrectly handle and forward the body of the request in a way that causes the receiving server to process it as a separate HTTP request, aka "HTTP Request Smuggling."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2091?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Websphere Application Server.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2091?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2091 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2005-2091 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2091 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Websphere Application Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j5x8-4v22-2qmv.